DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 05/20 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 60.4 - - 59.0 - - 52.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 471 - - 362 - - 82 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4460 - - 3581 - - 2051 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4070 - - 3296 - - 920 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5349 - - 4470 - - 2940 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 656 - - 903 - - 770 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 520 - - 443 - - 225 W* B/S - - - - - - 11 - - 7 - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 9 - - 11 - - 17 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 043 - - 049 - - 050 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 5 - - 5 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 5 - - 2 - - -8 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 48 - - -1364 - - -1988 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5302 - - 5835 - - 4928 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -8725 - - -10183 - - -11868 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 14074 - - 14653 - - 14808 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 91 - - 79 - - 72 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 60.4 - - 59.0 - - 52.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 40.6 - - 36.9 - - 34.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 58.1 - - 57.1 - - 52.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 39.7 - - 36.2 - - 34.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 471 - - 362 - - 82 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4460 - - 3581 - - 2051 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 65 - - 14 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 4 - - 4 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 98148 20 111 9 111 4 054 98148 90738 6 101 4 059 10 041 90738 85047 4 181 1 017 9 034 85047 80330 7 121 2 062 6 055 80330 76271 3 110 5 106 2 032 76271 72669 4 194 5 159 5 284 72669 69391 10 194 9 191 13 248 69391 66373 13 215 12 203 16 224 66373 63580 14 224 14 219 15 223 63580 60901 20 231 19 248 18 216 60901 58108 24 221 25 253 23 251 58108 55192 29 238 43 242 39 251 55192 52405 44 233 50 232 47 250 52405 49902 51 237 55 238 62 242 49902 47676 63 239 59 235 61 231 47676 45669 67 234 55 245 59 239 45669 43847 70 239 69 255 73 250 43847 42181 71 240 77 253 89 249 42181 40635 62 238 76 242 87 244 40635 39183 57 243 71 235 80 238 39183 37809 57 243 69 233 76 235 37809 36475 54 240 66 233 72 230 36475 35113 52 237 63 234 70 225 35113 33693 54 235 63 234 70 225 33693 32221 55 235 61 232 69 228 32221 30682 52 235 58 233 65 230 30682 29067 51 238 55 236 61 234 29067 27375 53 237 56 240 59 240 27375 25606 55 233 59 241 56 247 25606 23764 56 237 59 243 50 255 23764 21854 54 247 50 252 43 257 21854 19867 43 253 39 252 40 252 19867 17793 45 262 39 261 39 250 17793 15674 48 260 37 266 36 255 15674 13633 41 258 34 260 28 253 13633 11782 40 280 29 281 19 253 11782 10141 27 284 19 286 14 245 10141 8686 18 272 15 276 11 258 8686 7397 13 283 13 274 10 280 7397 6257 8*306 11 289 9 308 6257 5256 6*016 8*314 10 327 5256 4381 6 022 8*032 10 350 4381 3615 9 042 8 034 14*040 3615 2935 10 046 12 051 17*049 2935 2335 10 048 13 052 17 050 2335 1836 11 051 13 053 18 050 1836 1452 11 051 13 054 17 050 1452 1188 11 052 13 055 16 050 1188 1028 10 053 13 054 15 050 1028 936 9 053 11 055 12 051 936 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography